After VMware joined forces with Cisco en EMC (VCE) in vBlock, it is not difficult to see that HP is hugging Microsoft giving Hyper-V and System Center a lot of extra attention. On the other side of the fence we see Microsoft, Citrix and HP (MCH) forming an opposing, let’s call it vPower, alternative. It [...]
Posts from ‘November, 2009’
Improving network throughput between Hyper-V R2 virtual machines
My colleague Norbert Westland asked me if I could explain the noticeable difference in network throughput between two Windows Server 2008 virtual machines on the same physical server in a Hyper-V R2 cluster compared to an identical file copy between the same VM and a physical host or from the physical host to the VM.
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The server container is the new form factor
The new form factor is no longer the blade enclosure or the rack, but rather a complete container stuffed with servers, storage and network infrastructure. In some containers you’ll recognize traditional Dell servers and HP blade servers in others.
The amount of processing power and vast amounts of memory is absolutely amazing. In fact it [...]
A Hyper-V update rollup package is available for Windows Server 2008 R2
Several issues around VSS based protection & recovery are being addressed with this Hyper-V update rollup package. The package can be downloaded from: http://support.microsoft.com/hotfix/KBHotfix.aspx?kbnum=975354&kbln=en-us
The last three issues might sound familiar if you already perform host level protection of virtual machines on Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV) with Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager [...]
Moving a Hyper-V virtual machine to Azure
Although not fully embracing the capability and scalability of the cloud, Ray Ozzie, chief software architect from Microsoft, talked about the ability to move a virtual machine to the cloud. I heard about it on Twitter and went on to look for the source. Apparently it was talked about during the PDC which is held [...]
Fix for accidentally deleting a VHD with Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2
Thanks to a tweet from @MSManageability, I finally know how to prevent losing a VHD with VMM2008 R2. If you choose to delete a VHD from an existing VM it actually deletes it.
J. C Hornbeck pointed me to a hotfix (KB976246) which addresses this problem.
See his blog: http://blogs.technet.com/scvmm/archive/2009/11/16/kb976246-removing-a-vhd-from-a-virtual-machine-in-vmm-2008-r2-deletes-the-file-on-the-hyper-v-server-without-warning.aspx
When I looked for [...]
How to Protect your MS Virtualized Environment with DPM2010 (Part 3)
Next in this series is a TechEd Europe 2009 presentation by Asim Mitra, a senior program manager from Microsoft, on data protection and recovery of Hyper-V and Hyper-V R2 workloads with Data Protection Manager 2010.
DPM2010 beta has been publicly available for a few weeks. In my own lab DPM2010 is spinning happily, protecting a Hyper-V [...]
Best Practices to Implement Windows Server 2008 R2 and Hyper-V R2 on HP ProLiant Servers (Part 2)
On the first day of TechEd Europe 2009, Doug Dewerd presented a session on best practices to implement Windows Server 2008 R2 on HP ProLiant Servers. This is in fact the combination of hardware and software I have preferred ever since Windows and ProLiant were joined, exactly 20 years ago last week. The ProLiant server [...]
TechEd 2009 Europe Sessions (part 1)
This year I decided to ignore as many sessions that are part of my core competency set. Broadening the scope to several other topics that might help me in my job as an infrastructure consultant and architect. I went to sessions on Azure, Federation, Exchange 2010, System Center Road Map, Configuration Manager R3 and v.Next, [...]
VHD Attach
Here’s a nice little tool to atttach and detach VHD files. It can be used with Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2: http://www.jmedved.com/?page=vhdattach
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Happy customer with Hyper-V R2 and HP LeftHand storage
My colleague Bert de Reus sent me a stimulating email. He has been implementing Hyper-V R2 at a customer site with HP ProLiant G6 servers and HP LeftHand storage (virtualization bundle).
The customer had an aging HP ProLiant ML350 G3 with seven U320 SCSI disks and Microsoft SQL Server 2005 holding several databases. A typical query [...]
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